Jelly-strainer.



F. W. BARTON 6: W. C. MOFFAT. I

JELLY STRAINEB. APPLICATION FILED nov. 29, 1912.

1,065,335. Patented June 24,1913.

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UNITED STATES PAlfENT OFFICE- FREDRICK W. BARTON AND \VILLIAM C. MOFFAT,OF HAMILTON, ONTAFI J t NADA.

JELLY-STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 24, 1913.

Application filed November 29. 1912. Serial No. 734,166.

T 0 all whoop it may concern.

Be it known that We, -FRnonIoK W. ,BAR- TON and WILLIAM C. MOFFA'I, bothsubjects of the King of Great Britain, and residents of Hamilton, in thecounty of 'Wentworth and Province of I Ontario, Canada, have jointlyinvented new and useful Improve iiients in Jelly-Strainers, of which the'fol lowing is a. specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in jelly'strainers, in which aporous bag .is arranged to suspend from parallel transverse rods whichare supported by other parallel longitudinal rods, the end parts ofwhich. rest on tables, benches or other supports.

The objects of our invention are to provide means for supporting aporous-bag while said bag is straining jelly, that the juice may straintherethrough; also to atford facilities for adjusting the device tosuit, varying sizes of bags, and ready means whereby the severalcomponent. parts of the device may be connected together for use,

and disconnected for cleaning and for-pub Ne attain the so ob ting away'purposes. I Y jec'ts by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Figure 1 IS an elevation of the yelly strainer, adjusted to positionshowing a pore-us jelly bag, broken, suspended from two paralleltransverse: rods, the end parts of the parallel longitudinal rodsresting on rigid supports. Fig. 2 is aplan of the same. F ig. 3 is anenlarged elevation of one of the four corners, or blocks, showing alongitudinal rod adapted to slide therethrough, and the section of atransverse rod also adopted to slide therethrough. Fig. is an endelevation of a similar block, showing a transverse rod adapted to slidetherethrough and the section of a longitudinal rod. The four rods areadapted to slide snugly through the four corner blocks, and in oppositedirections.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawing, 2 are tables, or rigid supports, on which the end partsof the longitudinal rods 3, rest upon, and are easily removed therefrom.

4, are blocks having round holes therethrough at right angles one withthe other, and one above the other. The rods 3, are adapted to siideeasilv through the upper holes 6, of the blocks and the transverse rods5, are adapted to. slide easily through the lower holes 7, of theblocks. The holes (3 and 7 through the blocks, are at right angles onewith the other, and said blocks are at the intersection of the rods andadapted to slide thereon in opposite directions, but only on one pair ofrods at the same time, thereby bringing the longitudinal rods 5 nearertogether, or farther away fromeach other, as the case may be, orrequired, to suit various sizes of porous bags 8, the same may be saidof the transverse rod's.

' The transverse rods 5, are threaded through the upper side portions ofthe bag,

said portions being formed as loops 9,

both to the blocks, and to the rods.

It will be noticed that the rods may easily be brought closer together,or farther from eiich other, and each pair of rods are always inparallel order.

Various kinds of porous bags may be used and of various sizes andshapes, also the bag could be applied to and threaded onto thelongitudinal rods 3, if so desired, the effect, purpose and object wouldbe similar to the one shown and described, though the one shown ispreferable, also other means could be employed for temporarily attachingthe bag to the rods, the rods could be threaded through the upper partsof the bag, on two, 5 or four sides, if desirable. I

\Vhat we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a jelly strainer, supports, longitudinal rods havingtheir endparts resting 1 o thereon, blocks adapted to slide on the rods,transverse rods adapted to slide through and supported by the blocks,and a porous bag suspended from the transverse rods.

2. In a jelly strainer, 21 pair of longitudinal rods, a pairoftransverse rods, means on and intersecting the rods adapted to alloweach said pair of rods to be brought nearer together and farther awayone from the other, a porous bag suspended from the transverse rods, andmeans to support the end parts of the longitudinal rods.

3. In a jelly strainer, a pair of rods paralof rods and means to supportthe end parts lel one with the other, a pair of rods of one pair ofrods.

rectangular therewith and parallel one j r T with the other, means onand at the gi$ intersections of said rods adapted to allow J J L eachpair of rods to be. brought nearer to- Witnesses:

gether and farther away one from the. other, J ()IIN H. llrmunr,

a porous bag suspended from one said pair RICHARD BUTLER.

